Optical imaging system

ABSTRACT

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power and a refractive index of 1.65 or more; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is convex; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having an object-side surface that is convex, wherein the first lens through the seventh lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and two or more of the first lens and the third lens through the seventh lens have a refractive index of 1.6 or more.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 16/113,283filed on Aug. 27, 2018, and claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(a) ofKorean Patent Application No. 10-2017-0143075 filed on Oct. 31, 2017, inthe Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosures of whichare incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

This application relates to an optical imaging system including sevenlenses.

2. Description of Related Art

Small camera modules are mounted in many wireless terminals. Forexample, one small camera may be mounted facing a front surface of awireless terminal, and another small camera module may be mounted facinga rear surface of the wireless terminal. Since the small camera moduleis used for a variety of applications such as capturing an outdoor imageof a landscape and capturing an indoor image of a person, it isdesirable that the performance of the small camera module be similar tothe performance of a regular camera. However, the size of the smallcamera module is limited by the size of a mounting space available inthe wireless terminal, making it difficult to implement a small cameramodule having a high performance

SUMMARY

This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in asimplified form that are further described below in the DetailedDescription. This Summary is not intended to identify key features oressential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended tobe used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subjectmatter.

In one general aspect, an optical imaging system includes a first lenshaving an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having arefractive power and a refractive index of 1.65 or more; a third lenshaving a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power andan object-side surface that is convex; a fifth lens having a refractivepower; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and a seventhlens having an object-side surface that is convex, wherein the firstlens through the seventh lens are sequentially disposed in numericalorder from an object side of the optical imaging system toward animaging plane of the optical imaging system, and two or more of thefirst lens and the third lens through the seventh lens have a refractiveindex of 1.6 or more.

The first lens may have a positive refractive power.

The second lens may have a negative refractive power.

At least three of the third lens through the sixth lens may have apositive refractive power.

The seventh lens may have a negative refractive power.

An object-side surface of the second lens may be convex.

An object-side surface of the third lens may be convex.

An image-side surface of the fifth lens may be convex.

An object-side surface of the sixth lens may be convex.

There may be an inflection point on either one or both of an object-sidesurface of the sixth lens and an image-side surface of the sixth lens.

There may be an inflection point on either one or both of theobject-side surface of the seventh lens and an image-side surface of theseventh lens.

In another general aspect, an optical imaging system includes a firstlens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having arefractive power and a refractive index of 1.6 or more; a third lenshaving a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; afifth lens having a refractive power and a refractive index of 1.6 ormore; a sixth lens having a refractive power and a refractive index of1.6 or more; and a seventh lens having a refractive power, wherein thefirst lens through the seventh lens are sequentially disposed innumerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system towardan imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and an f-number (F No.)of the optical imaging system is less than 1.7.

The optical imaging system may satisfy the conditional expression−1.0<(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)<1.0, where R11 is a radius of curvature of anobject-side surface of the sixth lens, and R12 is a radius of curvatureof an image-side surface of the sixth lens.

The optical imaging system may satisfy the conditional expression−1.0<(R9-R10)/(R9+R10)<1.0, where R9 is a radius of curvature of anobject-side surface of the fifth lens, and R10 is a radius of curvatureof an image-side surface of the fifth lens.

The optical imaging system may satisfy the conditional expression35<V1-V2, where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and V2 is anAbbe number of the second lens.

The optical imaging system may satisfy the conditional expression−31<V3-V4, where V3 is an Abbe number of the third lens, and V4 is anAbbe number of the fourth lens.

The optical imaging system may satisfy the conditional expression1.5<Th1/Sag1, where Th1 is a center thickness of the first lens, andSag1 is a center thickness of an object-side surface of the first lens.

In another general aspect, an optical imaging system includes a firstlens having a refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power;a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having arefractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lenshaving a refractive power; and a seventh lens having a refractive power,wherein the first lens through the seventh lens are sequentiallydisposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imagingsystem toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, therefractive powers of four lenses among the first lens, the second lens,and the fourth lens through the seventh lens have a same sign that isopposite to a sign of the refractive powers of two remaining lensesamong the first lens, the second lens, and the fourth lens through theseventh lens, and an f-number (F No.) of the optical imaging system isless than 1.7.

The refractive power of the third lens may be a positive refractivepower or a negative refractive power.

A sign of a radius of curvature of an object side-surface of each of sixlenses among the first lens through the seventh lens may be opposite toa sign of a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of oneremaining lens among the first lens through the seventh lens.

A sign of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of each of fivelenses among the first lens through the seventh lens may be opposite toa sign of a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of each of tworemaining lenses among the first lens through the seventh lens.

In another general aspect, an optical imaging system includes a firstlens having a refractive power; a second lens having a refractive powerand a refractive index of more than 1.6; a third lens having arefractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lenshaving a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power and arefractive index of 1.6 or more but less than the refractive index ofthe second lens; and a seventh lens having a refractive power, whereinthe first lens through the seventh lens are sequentially disposed innumerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system towardan imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

A radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fifth lens, aradius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fifth lens, a radiusof curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, and a radiusof curvature of an image-side surface of the sixth lens may have a samemagnitude.

A radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fifth lens and aradius of curvature of an object-side surface of the sixth lens may haveopposite signs, and a radius of curvature of an image-side surface ofthe fifth lens and a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of thesixth lens may have a same sign.

Other features and aspects will be apparent from the following detaileddescription, the drawings, and the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a first example of an optical imagingsystem.

FIG. 2 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a second example of an optical imagingsystem.

FIG. 4 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a third example of an optical imagingsystem.

FIG. 6 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a first lens illustrated in FIG. 1.

Throughout the drawings and the detailed description, the same referencenumerals refer to the same elements. The drawings may not be to scale,and the relative size, proportions, and depiction of elements in thedrawings may be exaggerated for clarity, illustration, and convenience.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader ingaining a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatuses,and/or systems described herein. However, various changes,modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatuses, and/orsystems described herein will be apparent after an understanding of thedisclosure of this application. For example, the sequences of operationsdescribed herein are merely examples, and are not limited to those setforth herein, but may be changed as will be apparent after anunderstanding of the disclosure of this application, with the exceptionof operations necessarily occurring in a certain order. Also,descriptions of features that are known in the art may be omitted forincreased clarity and conciseness.

The features described herein may be embodied in different forms, andare not to be construed as being limited to the examples describedherein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided merelyto illustrate some of the many possible ways of implementing themethods, apparatuses, and/or systems described herein that will beapparent after an understanding of the disclosure of this application.

Throughout the specification, when an element, such as a layer, region,or substrate, is described as being “on,” “connected to,” or “coupledto” another element, it may be directly “on,” “connected to,” or“coupled to” the other element, or there may be one or more otherelements intervening therebetween. In contrast, when an element isdescribed as being “directly on,” “directly connected to,” or “directlycoupled to” another element, there can be no other elements interveningtherebetween.

As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any one and any combinationof any two or more of the associated listed items.

Although terms such as “first,” “second,” and “third” may be used hereinto describe various members, components, regions, layers, or sections,these members, components, regions, layers, or sections are not to belimited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguishone member, component, region, layer, or section from another member,component, region, layer, or section. Thus, a first member, component,region, layer, or section referred to in examples described herein mayalso be referred to as a second member, component, region, layer, orsection without departing from the teachings of the examples.

Spatially relative terms such as “above,” “upper,” “below,” and “lower”may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element'srelationship to another element as shown in the figures. Such spatiallyrelative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of thedevice in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted inthe figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over,an element described as being “above” or “upper” relative to anotherelement will then be “below” or “lower” relative to the other element.Thus, the term “above” encompasses both the above and below orientationsdepending on the spatial orientation of the device. The device may alsobe oriented in other ways (for example, rotated 90 degrees or at otherorientations), and the spatially relative terms used herein are to beinterpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for describing various examples only, andis not to be used to limit the disclosure. The articles “a,” “an,” and“the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless thecontext clearly indicates otherwise. The terms “comprises,” “includes,”and “has” specify the presence of stated features, numbers, operations,members, elements, and/or combinations thereof, but do not preclude thepresence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, operations,members, elements, and/or combinations thereof.

In this application, a first lens is a lens closest to an object (or asubject), while a seventh lens is a lens closest to an imaging plane (oran image sensor). Further, radii of curvature and thicknesses of lenses,a TTL (a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to theimaging plane), an ImgH (a half of a diagonal length of the imagingplane), and focal lengths of the lenses are expressed in millimeters(mm).

Further, the thicknesses of the lenses, gaps between the lenses, and theTTL are distances measured along optical axes of the lenses. Further, ina description of the shapes of the lenses, a statement that a surface ofa lens is convex means that at least a paraxial region of the surface isconvex, and a statement that a surface of a lens is concave means thatat least a paraxial region of the surface is concave. A paraxial regionof a lens surface is a central portion of the lens surface surroundingthe optical axis of the lens in which light rays incident to the lenssurface make a small angle θ to the optical axis and the approximationssin θ≈θ, tan θ≈θ, and cos θ≈1 are valid. Therefore, although it may bestated that a surface of a lens is convex, an edge portion of thesurface may be concave. Likewise, although it may be stated that asurface of a lens is concave, an edge portion of the surface may beconvex.

In the examples described in this application, an optical imaging systemincludes seven lenses. For example, the optical imaging system mayinclude a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, afifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed innumerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system towardan imaging plane of the optical imaging system. The first lens throughthe seventh lens may be disposed so that there is a first air gapbetween the first lens and the second lens, a second air gap between thesecond lens and the third lens, a third air gap between the third lensand the fourth lens, a fourth air gap between the fourth lens and thefifth lens, a fifth air gap between the fifth lens and the sixth lens,and a sixth air gap between the sixth lens and the seventh lens. Thus,an image-side surface of one lens may not be in contact with anobject-side surface of a next lens closer to the imaging plane.

The first lens may have a refractive power. For example, the first lensmay have a positive refractive power. One surface of the first lens maybe convex. For example, an object-side surface of the first lens may beconvex.

The first lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, bothsurfaces of the first lens may be aspherical. The first lens may be madeof a material having a high light transmissivity and an excellentworkability. For example, the first lens may be made of plastic. Thefirst lens may have a small refractive index. For example, therefractive index of the first lens may be less than 1.6.

The second lens may have a refractive power. For example, the secondlens may have a negative refractive power. One surface of the secondlens may be convex. For example, an object-side surface of the secondlens may be convex.

The second lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, anobject-side surface of the second lens may be aspherical. The secondlens may be made of a material having a high light transmissivity and anexcellent workability. For example, the second lens may be made ofplastic. The second lens may have a refractive index greater than therefractive index of the first lens. For example, the refractive index ofthe second lens may be 1.65 or more.

The third lens may have a refractive power. For example, the third lensmay have a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power. Onesurface of the third lens may be convex. For example, an object-sidesurface of the third lens may be convex.

The third lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, animage-side surface of the third lens may be aspherical. The third lensmay be made of a material having a high light transmissivity and anexcellent workability. For example, the third lens may be made ofplastic. The third lens may have a refractive index that issubstantially equal to the refractive index of the first lens. Forexample, the refractive index of the third lens may be less than 1.6.

The fourth lens may have a refractive power. For example, the fourthlens may have a positive refractive power. One surface of the fourthlens may be convex. For example, an object-side surface of the fourthlens may be convex.

The fourth lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, bothsurfaces of the fourth lens may be aspherical. The fourth lens may bemade of a material having a high light transmissivity and an excellentworkability. For example, the fourth lens may be made of plastic. Thefourth lens may have a refractive index that is substantially equal tothe refractive index of the first lens. For example, the refractiveindex of the fourth lens may be less than 1.6.

The fifth lens may have a refractive power. For example, the fifth lensmay have a positive refractive power. One surface of the fifth lens maybe convex. For example, an image-side surface of the fifth lens may beconvex.

The fifth lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, bothsurfaces of the fifth lens may be aspherical. The fifth lens may be madeof a material having a high light transmissivity and an excellentworkability. For example, the fifth lens may be made of plastic. Thefifth lens may have a refractive index greater than the refractive indexof the fourth lens. For example, the refractive index of the fifth lensmay be 1.6 or more.

The sixth lens may have a refractive power. For example, the sixth lensmay have a positive refractive power. One surface of the sixth lens maybe convex. For example, an image-side surface of the sixth lens may beconvex. The sixth lens may have inflection points. For example, theremay be an inflection point on either one or both of an object-sidesurface of the sixth lens and the image-side surface of the sixth lens.

The sixth lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, bothsurfaces of the sixth lens may be aspherical. The sixth lens may be madeof a material having a high light transmissivity and an excellentworkability. For example, the sixth lens may be made of plastic. Thesixth lens may have a refractive index that is substantially equal tothe refractive index of the fifth lens. For example, the refractiveindex of the sixth lens may be 1.6 or more.

The seventh lens may have a refractive power. For example, the seventhlens may have a negative refractive power. One surface of the seventhlens may be convex. For example, an object-side surface of the seventhlens may be convex. The seventh lens may have inflection points. Forexample, there may be one or more inflection points on both surfaces ofthe seventh lens.

The seventh lens may have an aspherical surface. For example, bothsurfaces of the seventh lens may be aspherical. The seventh lens may bemade of a material having a high light transmissivity and an excellentworkability. For example, the seventh lens may be made of plastic. Theseventh lens may have a refractive index smaller than the refractiveindex of the sixth lens. For example, the refractive index of theseventh lens may be less than 1.6.

The aspherical surfaces of the first lens through the seventh lens arerepresented by the Equation 1 below.

$\begin{matrix}{Z = {\frac{{cr}^{2}}{1 + \sqrt{1 - {\left( {1 + k} \right)c^{2}r^{2}}}} + {Ar}^{4} + {Br}^{6} + {Cr}^{8} + {Dr}^{10} + {Er}^{12} + {Fr}^{14} + {Gr}^{16} + {Hr}^{18} + {Jr}^{20}}} & (1)\end{matrix}$

In Equation 1, c is an inverse of a radius of curvature of the lens, kis a conic constant, r is a distance from a certain point on anaspherical surface of the lens to an optical axis of the lens, A throughJ are aspherical constants, and Z (or (Sag) is a distance between thecertain point on the aspherical surface of the lens at the distance rand a tangential plane meeting the apex of the aspherical surface of thelens.

The optical imaging system may further include a filter, an imagesensor, and a stop.

The filter may be disposed between the seventh lens and the imagesensor. The filter may block some wavelengths of light. For example, thefilter may block infrared wavelengths of light.

The image sensor may form the imaging plane. For example, a surface ofthe image sensor may form the imaging plane.

The stop may be disposed to control an amount of light incident to theimage sensor. For example, the stop may be disposed between the firstlens and the second lens or between the second lens and the third lens,but is not limited to these positions.

The optical imaging system may satisfy one or more of ConditionalExpressions 1 through 16 below.

F No.<1.7  (Conditional Expression 1)

TTL/ImgH<2.0  (Conditional Expression 2)

70<FOV  (Conditional Expression 3)

−1.0<(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)<1.0  (Conditional Expression 4)

−1.0<(R9−R10)/(R9+R10)<1.0  (Conditional Expression 5)

35<V1−V2  (Conditional Expression 6)

−31<V3−V4  (Conditional Expression 7)

1.5<Th1/Sag1  (Conditional Expression 8)

55<V7  (Conditional Expression 9)

1.66≤Nd2  (Conditional Expression 10)

1.65≤Nd5  (Conditional Expression 11)

1.61≤Nd6  (Conditional Expression 12)

1.60<(Nd2+Nd5+Nd6)/3<1.66  (Conditional Expression 13)

1.59<(Nd2+Nd3+Nd4+Nd5+Nd6)/5<1.61  (Conditional Expression 14)

50<|f5/f|  (Conditional Expression 15)

50<|f6/f|  (Conditional Expression 16)

In the above Conditional Expressions 1 through 16, TTL is a distancefrom the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, fis an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, ImgH is a halfof a diagonal length of the imaging plane, FOV is a field of view of theoptical imaging system, R9 is a radius of curvature of an object-sidesurface of the fifth lens, R10 is a radius of curvature of theimage-side surface of the fifth lens, R11 is a radius of curvature ofthe object-side surface of the sixth lens, R12 is a radius of curvatureof the image-side surface of the sixth lens, V1 is an Abbe number of thefirst lens, V2 is an Abbe number of the second lens, V3 is an Abbenumber of the third lens, V4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens, V7 isan Abbe number of the seventh lens, Th1 is a center thickness of thefirst lens, Sag1 is a center thickness of the object-side surface of thefirst lens, Nd2 is a refractive index of the second lens, Nd5 is arefractive index of the fifth lens, Nd6 is a refractive index of thesixth lens, f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens, and f6 is a focallength of the sixth lens.

Next, several examples of an optical imaging system will be described.

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a first example of an optical imagingsystem.

Referring to FIG. 1, an optical imaging system 100 includes a first lens110, a second lens 120, a third lens 130, a fourth lens 140, a fifthlens 150, a sixth lens 160, and a seventh lens 170.

The first lens 110 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The second lens 120 has a negative refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The third lens 130 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fourth lens 140 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fifth lens 150 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is concave and an image-side surface thereof is convex.The sixth lens 160 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is convex.There is an inflection point on either one or both of the object-sidesurface of the sixth lens 160 and the image-side surface of the sixthlens 160. The seventh lens 170 has a negative refractive power, and anobject-side surface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereofis concave. There is inflection point on either one or both of theobject-side surface of the seventh lens 170 and the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens 170.

The optical imaging system 100 further includes a filter 180, an imagesensor 190, and a stop ST. The filter 180 is disposed between theseventh lens 170 and the image sensor 190, and the stop ST is disposedbetween the second lens 120 and the third lens 130, but the stop ST isnot limited to this position.

The optical imaging system 100 includes a plurality of lenses having ahigh refractive index. For example, the second lens 120, the fifth lens150, and the sixth lens 160 have a refractive index of 1.6 or more. Indetail, the second lens 120 and the fifth lens 150 have a refractiveindex greater than 1.65 and smaller than 1.75, and the sixth lens 160has a refractive index greater than 1.64 and smaller than 1.75.

The optical imaging system 100 is configured to implement a brightoptical system. For example, an f-number (hereinafter F No.) of theoptical imaging system 100 is less than 1.6. In detail, the F No. of theoptical imaging system 100 is 1.570. The optical imaging system 100 hasa wide field of view. For example, the optical imaging system 100 has afield of view of 70° or more. In detail, the field of view of theoptical imaging system 100 is 76.72°.

In the optical imaging system 100, the fifth lens 150 and the sixth lens160 have focal lengths that are substantially longer than the focallengths of the first lens 110, the second lens 120, the third lens 130,the fourth lens 140, and the seventh lens 170. In detail, an absolutevalue of the focal length of the fifth lens 150 and an absolute value ofthe focal length of the sixth lens 160 are 50 or more.

FIG. 2 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 1.

Table 1 below lists characteristics of the optical imaging systemillustrated in FIG. 1, and Table 2 below lists aspherical values of thelenses of the optical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 1.

TABLE 1 First Example f = 4.30 F No. = 1.570 FOV = 76.72° TTL = 5.1850Surface Radius of Thickness/ Refractive Abbe Focal No. Element CurvatureDistance Index No. Length S1 First Lens 1.8301 0.7720 1.544 56.1 4.470S2 6.2991 0.1447 S3 Second Lens 8.2729 0.2000 1.661 20.4 −9.660 S43.5691 0.1696 S5 Third Lens 3.7311 0.3337 1.544 56.1 173.727 S6 3.76200.0470 S7 Fourth Lens 2.6622 0.2300 1.544 56.1 9.811 S8 5.1500 0.4686 S9Fifth Lens −1000.0000 0.3109 1.661 20.4 12226873.6 S10 −1000.0000 0.1970S11 Sixth Lens 1000.0000 0.5668 1.639 23.5 782.559 S12 −1000.0000 0.1428S13* Seventh Lens 1.6880 0.5353 1.534 55.7 −11.283 S14* 1.1730 0.2666S15 Filter Infinity 0.1100 1.518 64.2 S16 Infinity 0.6800 S17 ImagingPlane Infinity 0.0100

TABLE 2 First Radius of Example Curvature K A B C D E F G H J S1  1.83009 −1.655222   0.011609   0.096539 −0.315556   0.610396 −0.7409640.564371 −0.262453 0.067739 −0.007422 S2  6.299106  −24.0002 −0.012948−0.036302   0.041468  −0.04313   0.042757 −0.036405 0.020942 −0.0066630.000857 S3  8.272929 −50.68706 −0.038972  −0.03102 −0.000213   0.220359−0.442337 0.44756 −0.255289 0.078531 −0.010283 S4  3.569096  4.824163−0.043413 −0.063398   0.151342 −0.382743    0.81761 −1.050675 0.767496−0.288009 0.042208 S5  3.731059  −12.7995  −0.00828   0.161583 −0.939269  2.416569 −3.961589 4.125234 −2.589919 0.900393 −0.134051 S6  3.761995−42.89157 −0.108149   0.316959 −0.851392   1.290971 −1.548573 1.59749−1.137569 0.453775 −0.075482 S7  2.662169 −0.353072   −0.237   0.581492−1.662903   3.443945 −5.296634 5.687939 −3.833817 1.427254 −0.222764 S8 5.149962 −4.249512 −0.024748 −0.041712   0.311063 −1.013056   1.758942−1.809129 1.125806 −0.397027 0.06137 S9   −1000       0   0.083007−0.811293   2.302141 −4.183661    5.04673 −4.049427 2.072428 −0.6104920.078448 S10   −1000       0   0.262719 −1.138775   2.072394 −2.444414  1.917647 −0.990748 0.323498 −0.060138 0.004812 S11     1000       0  0.462519  −1.11169   1.591279 −1.606127   1.085597 −0.476892 0.129793−0.019728 0.001273 S12   −1000       0   0.146437 −0.169895    0.11175−0.063456   0.028711 −0.009017 0.001779 −0.000196 9.21E−06 S13  1.688049 −10.8245 −0.200573   0.052657   0.010219 −0.009036   0.002386 −0.00033 2.41E−05 −7.24E−07 0 S14  1.173041 −5.597324 −0.136237   0.062663−0.025288   0.007501 −0.001441 0.00017 −1.12E−05  3.14E−07 0

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a second example of an optical imagingsystem.

Referring to FIG. 3, an optical imaging system 200 includes a first lens210, a second lens 220, a third lens 230, a fourth lens 240, a fifthlens 250, a sixth lens 260, and a seventh lens 270.

The first lens 210 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The second lens 220 has a negative refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The third lens 230 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fourth lens 240 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fifth lens 250 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is concave and an image-side surface thereof is convex.The sixth lens 260 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is convex.There is an inflection point on either one or both of the object-sidesurface of the sixth lens 260 and the image-side surface of the sixthlens 260. The seventh lens 270 has a negative refractive power, and anobject-side surface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereofis concave. There is an inflection point on either one or both of theobject-side surface of the seventh lens 270 and the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens 270.

The optical imaging system 200 further includes a filter 280, an imagesensor 290, and a stop ST. The filter 280 is disposed between theseventh lens 270 and the image sensor 290, and the stop ST is disposedbetween the second lens 220 and the third lens 230, but the stop ST isnot limited to this position.

The optical imaging system 200 includes a plurality of lenses having ahigh refractive index. For example, the second lens 220, the fifth lens250, and the sixth lens 260 have a refractive index of 1.6 or more. Indetail, the second lens 220 and the fifth lens 250 have a refractiveindex greater than 1.64 and smaller than 1.75, and the sixth lens 260has a refractive index greater than 1.60 and smaller than 1.75.

The optical imaging system 200 is configured to implement a brightoptical system. For example, an F No. of the optical imaging system 200is less than 1.6. In detail, the F No. of the optical imaging system 200is 1.570. The optical imaging system 200 has a wide field of view. Forexample, the optical imaging system 200 has a field of view of 70° ormore. In detail, the field of view of the optical imaging system 200 is76.50°.

In the optical imaging system 200, the fifth lens 250 and the sixth lens260 have focal lengths that are substantially longer than the focallengths of the first lens 210, the second lens 220, the third lens 230,the fourth lens 240, and the seventh lens 270. In detail, an absolutevalue of the focal length of the fifth lens 250 and an absolute value ofthe focal length of the sixth lens 260 are 50 or more.

FIG. 4 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 3.

Table 3 below lists characteristics of the optical imaging systemillustrated in FIG. 3, and Table 4 below lists aspherical values of thelenses of the optical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 3.

TABLE 3 Second Example f = 4.31 F No. = 1.570 FOV = 76.50° TTL = 5.1662Surface Radius of Thickness/ Refractive Abbe Focal No. Element CurvatureDistance Index No. Length S1 First Lens 1.8308 0.7752 1.544 56.1 4.475S2 6.2824 0.0847 S3 Second Lens 6.8610 0.2000 1.661 20.4 −9.598 S43.2580 0.1828 S5 Third Lens 3.2915 0.3477 1.544 56.1 55.807 S6 3.55440.0538 S7 Fourth Lens 2.8234 0.2300 1.544 56.1 11.039 S8 5.1757 0.4972S9 Fifth Lens −1000.0000 0.3274 1.650 21.5 11926835.3 S10 −1000.00000.1660 S11 Sixth Lens 1000.0000 0.5800 1.614 26.0 814.422 S12 −1000.00000.1257 S13* Seventh Lens 1.8210 0.5750 1.537 55.7 −10.444 S14* 1.22280.2594 S15 Filter Infinity 0.1100 1.518 64.2 S16 Infinity 0.6413 S17Imaging Plane Infinity 0.0100

TABLE 4 Second Radius of Example Curvature K A B C D E F G H J S1  1.83083 −1.656393   0.017286    0.06116  −0.19093   0.345018 −0.3905440.275705 −0.118328 0.027895 −0.002749 S2  6.282374 −29.54929   0.024137−0.174885   0.227431 −0.139938   0.013017 0.039269 −0.027628 0.008236−0.000991 S3  6.860987 −31.05765   0.028899 −0.234535   0.236438   0.17765 −0.619936 0.643085 −0.345564 0.097409 −0.011484 S4  3.258011  4.284644   0.004565 −0.164421   0.036444   0.643432 −1.604919 2.015491−1.468899 0.59189 −0.101706 S5  3.291508 −11.84234   0.012702   0.094191−0.790863   2.299555 −4.208722 4.813853 −3.281922 1.228475 −0.195048 S6  3.55435 −43.65426 −0.081528   0.323955 −1.288612   3.145509 −5.8758147.418034 −5.59277 2.263791 −0.37978 S7  2.823397 −0.419739 −0.222721  0.589436  −1.97369   5.123113  −9.8812 12.42119 −9.265008 3.709381−0.615001 S8  5.175692 −2.375567 −0.029125 −0.063734   0.428849−1.092617   1.408882 −1.004316 0.403852 −0.091228 0.01079 S9   −1000      0   0.107094 −1.122263   3.496403 −6.752948   8.524675 −7.0716513.709114 −1.114072 0.145665 S10   −1000       0   0.397094 −1.761236  3.408488 −4.195721   3.398872 −1.795981 0.593943 −0.111108 0.008933S11     1000       0   0.622941 −1.600484    2.34266  −2.37696  1.623419 −0.723877 0.200749 −0.031257 0.002079 S12   −1000       0  0.220137 −0.271915   0.168359 −0.072229   0.023058 −0.00544 0.000884−8.64E−05 3.75E−06 S13  1.821006 −10.60837 −0.197899   0.076795−0.012115   0.000193   0.000245 −4.22E−05 3.07E−06 −8.71E−08 0 S14 1.222811 −6.923557 −0.101985   0.028965 −0.004865   0.000308 4.79E−05−1.03E−05 6.53E−07 −1.28E−08 0

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a third example of an optical imagingsystem.

Referring to FIG. 5, an optical imaging system 300 includes a first lens310, a second lens 320, a third lens 330, a fourth lens 340, a fifthlens 350, a sixth lens 360, and a seventh lens 370.

The first lens 310 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The second lens 320 has a negative refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The third lens 330 has a negative refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fourth lens 340 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is concave.The fifth lens 350 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is concave and an image-side surface thereof is convex.The sixth lens 360 has a positive refractive power, and an object-sidesurface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereof is convex.There is an inflection point on either one or both of the object-sidesurface of the sixth lens 360 and the image-side surface of the sixthlens 360. The seventh lens 370 has a negative refractive power, and anobject-side surface thereof is convex and an image-side surface thereofis concave. There is an inflection point on either one or both of theobject-side surface of the seventh lens 370 and the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens 370.

The optical imaging system 300 further include a filter 380, an imagesensor 390, and a stop ST. The filter 380 is disposed between theseventh lens 370 and the image sensor 390, and the stop ST is disposedbetween the first lens 310 and the second lens 320, but the stop ST isnot limited to this position.

The optical imaging system 300 includes a plurality of lenses having ahigh refractive index. For example, the second lens 320, the fifth lens350, and the sixth lens 360 have a refractive index of 1.6 or more. Indetail, the second lens 320 and the fifth lens 350 have a refractiveindex greater than 1.64 and smaller than 1.75, and the sixth lens 360has a refractive index greater than 1.60 and smaller than 1.75.

The optical imaging system 300 is configured to implement a brightoptical system. For example, an F No. of the optical imaging system 300is less than 1.6. In detail, the F No. of the optical imaging system 300is 1.550. The optical imaging system 300 has a wide field of view. Forexample, the optical imaging system 300 has a field of view of 70° ormore. In detail, the field of view of the optical imaging system 300 is76.46°.

In the optical imaging system 300, the fifth lens 350 and the sixth lens360 have focal lengths that are substantially longer than the focallengths of the first lens 310, the second lens 320, the third lens 330,the fourth lens 340, and the seventh lens 370. In detail, an absolutevalue of the focal length of the fifth lens 350 and an absolute value ofthe focal length of the sixth lens 360 are 50 or more.

FIG. 6 illustrates curves representing aberration characteristics of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 5.

Table 5 below lists characteristics of the optical imaging systemillustrated in FIG. 5, and Table 6 below lists aspherical values of theoptical imaging system illustrated in FIG. 5.

TABLE 5 Third Example f = 4.29 F No. = 1.550 FOV = 76.46° TTL = 5.1664Surface Radius of Thickness/ Refractive Abbe Focal No. Element CurvatureDistance Index No. Length S1 First Lens 1.8418 0.8794 1.544 56.1 3.999S2 9.9865 0.1265 S3 Second Lens 13.5144 0.2000 1.661 20.4 −6.959 S43.4117 0.1824 S5 Third Lens 3.7101 0.2912 1.544 56.1 −223.645 S6 3.50080.0890 S7 Fourth Lens 2.6005 0.3175 1.544 56.1 7.552 S8 6.7807 0.4601 S9Fifth Lens −1000.0000 0.2694 1.650 21.5 14493820.8 S10 −1000.0000 0.1755S11 Sixth Lens 1000.0000 0.5974 1.614 26.0 814.425 S12 −1000.0000 0.0763S13* Seventh Lens 1.9095 0.5047 1.537 55.7 −9.340 S14* 1.2550 0.2356 S15Filter Infinity 0.1100 1.518 64.2 S16 Infinity 0.6414 S17 Imaging PlaneInfinity 0.0100

TABLE 6 Third Radius of Example Curvature K A B C D E F G H J S1 1.841826 −1.462086   0.012788   0.061325 −0.172378   0.293949  −0.317460.216412 −0.090331 0.020876 −0.002045 S2   9.9865 −17.91134 −0.014424−0.068103   0.144166 −0.185501   0.172633 −0.121329 0.058294 −0.0162590.001935 S3  13.51441 −86.75103 −0.038677 −0.085675   0.224002 −0.221528  0.131918 −0.067941 0.039089 −0.015451 0.002457 S4  3.411718   4.714184−0.039449 −0.045848 −0.031295   0.480893 −1.188356 1.541756 −1.1673930.490465 −0.087514 S5  3.710118 −12.79496 −0.002502   0.041109  −0.08173−0.209726   0.766239 −1.085566 0.788633 −0.272573 0.03356 S6  3.500774−29.08782 −0.120049   0.394419 −1.126101   2.316988 −3.526795 3.656188−2.420794 0.933238 −0.159053 S7  2.600541 −1.083666 −0.219525   0.409073−1.013326   1.920992 −2.622662 2.393083 −1.383999 0.46906 −0.071624 S8 6.780692 −31.36657  −0.02191 −0.035227    0.00175   0.090905 −0.2086430.202887 −0.090783 0.012402 0.002082 S9   −1000       0   0.126159−0.931095    2.5332 −4.487992   5.318798 −4.223099 2.151266 −0.6360850.082886 S10   −1000       0    0.36609 −1.532914   2.854924 −3.429848  2.735254 −1.429525 0.467377 −0.086044 0.006766 S11     1000       0  0.527122 −1.377009   1.940405 −1.926311   1.303889 −0.577519 0.158715−0.024388 0.001594 S12   −1000       0   0.242775 −0.388155   0.307591−0.167471   0.065444 −0.017793 0.003141 −0.00032 1.42E−05 S13  1.909463−8.976906 −0.216709   0.055501   0.022492 −0.018664   0.005574 −0.00088 7.25E−05 −2.45E−06 0 S14  1.255005 −6.875364 −0.132917   0.049273−0.009561   0.000608 6.42E−05 −5.61E−06 −8.73E−07  8.05E−08 0

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a first lens illustrated in FIG. 1.

For reference, FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the first lens 110 of thefirst example of an optical imaging system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1,but the following description is also applicable to the first lens 210of the second example of an optical imaging system 200 illustrated inFIG. 3 and the first lens 310 of the third example of an optical imagingsystem 300 illustrated in FIG. 5.

A center thickness Sag1 of the object-side surface of the first lens 110and a center thickness Th1 of the first lens 110 satisfy a predeterminedconditional expression. In detail, a ratio of the center thickness Th1of the first lens 110 to the center thickness Sag1 of the object-sidesurface of the first lens 110 is greater than 1.5, that is,1.5<Th1/Sag1, which is Conditional Expression 8 described above. Sag1 isa maximum distance measured parallel to an optical axis of the firstlens 110 between a tangential plane meeting the apex of the object-sidesurface of the first lens 110 and the object-side surface of the firstlens 110.

Table 7 below lists values of Conditional Expressions 1 through 16described above for the first through third examples of the opticalimaging systems 100, 200, and 300 described above.

TABLE 7 Conditional First Second Third Expression Example ExampleExample F No. 1.5700 1.5700 1.5500 TTL/lmgH 1.4014 1.3963 1.3926 FOV76.720 76.500 76.460 (R11 + R12)/ 0 0 0 (R11 − R12) (R9 − R10)/ 0 0 0(R9 + R10) V1 − V2 35.741 35.741 35.741 V3 − V4 0 0 0 Th1/Sag1 1.54001.5400 1.5400 V7 55.656 55.656 55.656 Nd2 1.6610 1.6610 1.6610 Nd51.6610 1.6500 1.6500 Nd6 1.6390 1.6140 1.6140 (Nd2 + Nd5 + 1.6537 1.64171.6417 Nd6)/3 (Nd2 + Nd3 + 1.6098 1.6026 1.6026 Nd4 + Nd5 + Nd6)/5|f5/f| 2843459.0 2767247.2 3378513.0 |f6/f| 181.990 188.961 189.843

The values of V1-V2, V3-V4, and V7 in the above Table 7 were obtainedfrom values of V1=56.094, V2=20.353, V3=56.094, V4=56.094, and V7=55.656that are more precise than the rounded values of V1=56.1, V2=20.4,V3=56.1, V4=56.1, and V7=55.7 listed in Tables 1, 3, and 5 above.

The examples of an optical imaging system described above increase theperformance of a small camera module.

While this disclosure includes specific examples, it will be apparentafter an understanding of the disclosure of this application thatvarious changes in form and details may be made in these exampleswithout departing from the spirit and scope of the claims and theirequivalents. The examples described herein are to be considered in adescriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation. Descriptionsof features or aspects in each example are to be considered as beingapplicable to similar features or aspects in other examples. Suitableresults may be achieved if the described techniques are performed in adifferent order, and/or if components in a described system,architecture, device, or circuit are combined in a different manner,and/or replaced or supplemented by other components or theirequivalents. Therefore, the scope of the disclosure is defined not bythe detailed description, but by the claims and their equivalents, andall variations within the scope of the claims and their equivalents areto be construed as being included in the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical imaging system comprising: a firstlens having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof; asecond lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-sidesurface in a paraxial region thereof, and a refractive index of 1.65 ormore; a third lens having a concave image-side surface in a paraxialregion thereof; a fourth lens having a convex object-side surface in aparaxial region thereof; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixthlens having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof;and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surface in a paraxialregion thereof, wherein the first lens through the seventh lens aresequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object sideof the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the opticalimaging system.
 2. The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein thefirst lens has a positive refractive power.
 3. The optical imagingsystem of claim 1, wherein the third lens has a positive refractivepower.
 4. The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the fourth lenshas a positive refractive power.
 5. The optical imaging system of claim1, wherein the second lens has a concave image-side surface in aparaxial region thereof.
 6. The optical imaging system of claim 1,wherein the third lens has a convex object-side surface in a paraxialregion thereof.
 7. The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein thesixth lens has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.8. The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the optical imagingsystem satisfies the following conditional expression:−1.0<(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)<1.0 where R11 is a radius of curvature of theobject-side surface of the sixth lens, and R12 is a radius of curvatureof an image-side surface of the sixth lens.
 9. The optical imagingsystem of claim 1, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies thefollowing conditional expression:−1.0<(R9−R10)/(R9+R10)<1.0 where R9 is a radius of curvature of anobject-side surface of the fifth lens, and R10 is a radius of curvatureof an image-side surface of the fifth lens.
 10. The optical imagingsystem of claim 1, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies thefollowing conditional expression:35<V1−V2 where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and V2 is an Abbenumber of the second lens.
 11. The optical imaging system of claim 1,wherein there is an inflection point on either one or both of theobject-side surface of the sixth lens and an image-side surface of thesixth lens.
 12. The optical imaging system of claim 1, wherein there isan inflection point on either one or both of an object-side surface ofthe seventh lens and the image-side surface of the seventh lens.
 13. Anoptical imaging system comprising: a first lens having a convexobject-side surface in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens having anegative refractive power, a concave image-side surface in a paraxialregion thereof, and a refractive index of 1.65 or more; a third lenshaving a refractive power; a fourth lens having a convex object-sidesurface in a paraxial region thereof; a fifth lens having a positiverefractive power and a concave object-side surface in a paraxial regionthereof; a sixth lens having a convex object-side surface in a paraxialregion thereof; and a seventh lens having a concave image-side surfacein a paraxial region thereof, wherein the first lens through the seventhlens are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from anobject side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of theoptical imaging system, and an f-number (F No.) of the optical imagingsystem is less than 1.7.
 14. The optical imaging system of claim 13,wherein the seventh lens has a negative refractive power.
 15. Theoptical imaging system of claim 13, wherein the seventh lens has aconvex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof.
 16. The opticalimaging system of claim 13, wherein the optical imaging system satisfiesthe following conditional expression:−1.0<(R9−R10)/(R9+R10)<1.0 where R9 is a radius of curvature of theobject-side surface of the fifth lens, and R10 is a radius of curvatureof an image-side surface of the fifth lens.
 17. The optical imagingsystem of claim 13, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies thefollowing conditional expression:35<V1−V2 where V1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and V2 is an Abbenumber of the second lens.
 18. The optical imaging system of claim 13,wherein the optical imaging system satisfies the following conditionalexpression:−31<V3−V4 where V3 is an Abbe number of the third lens, and V4 is anAbbe number of the fourth lens.